1. Social Innovation: where are we and where could we be? Geoff Mulgan

3. Millions of people are involved in the rich diversity of social innovation

6. But our societies do social innovation far less well than innovation in technology and business .... with few institutions, resources, supports

7. And very few have specialised in understanding it, growing it, accelerating it ...

8. .... and many of those few are in this room

10. Recognition that the big issues not soluble with business as usual – ageing, climate change, global inequality

11. Giving us a shared responsibility and a shared opportunity

12. What’s happening? What’s the state of the field?

13. The beginnings of a research field ....

15. But a gap between what’s needed and what there is Social innovation still dependent on small institutions, inadequate flows of money, with few established methods in governments, business, NGOs or universities, and still too many ...

17. Where next? What can we do together?

22. 3. Share practical methods

26. 6. Share understanding of how to grow – and when not to

27. Routes to growth and impact

28. 7. Expand the field of incubators and intermediaries – sharing models, experiences, improvements

30. 8. Make global learning an automatic reflex

32. 9. Encourage diversification – more methods not less as the best way to grow the field

33. 10. Cultivate social imagination

35. ‘ The future’s already here – it’s just unevenly distributed’ William Gibson

37. The stakes are high!

39. The Young Foundation’s business is social innovation: finding and developing new and better ways of meeting pressing unmet needs. We undertake research to identify and understand unmet social needs and then develop practical initiatives and institutions to address them – in fields as diverse as health and education, housing and cities. Our work combines applied work and practical action (undertaken through Launchpad), and developing our buildings as a hub and home for other organisations. For more information go to www.youngfoundation.org Mixed Brick Wall Chris Campbell May 29 th 2004 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cgc/1200935/ IDEO Method Cards deck Satragon June 1 st 2005 http://www.flickr.com/photos/tvojta/16978314/ Russian Dolls Sijeka December 29 th 2007 Still Green Hamed Masoumi June 28 th 2007 http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamedmasoumi/761091842/ Streaming Green The Wandering Angel 20 th February 2008 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wandering_angel/2279969457/ Green Leaves of Summer Patty Colmer August 4 th 2007 http://www.flickr.com/photos/patty_colmer/1002159811/